A few blooming peonies were inserted into the vase, surrounded by plum blossoms of various colors. Several flowers that should not have bloomed in the same season are now blooming in the same vase.

Xiao Chuo took a few steps back, tilted his head and looked at it for a moment, nodded with satisfaction, then turned around and looked at Luo Song, who was sitting upright on the chair, and said with a smile: "Mr. Luo, my second brother once said that as long as there is

If you have an idea, you will find a solution, and there are always more solutions than difficulties. This statement makes more and more sense to me now. You see, as long as I am willing, peonies can bloom in the ice and snow." "This is deceiving the sky.

!" Luo Song's hair was completely white, and he didn't take care of it. He just let it hang down, and then casually tied it with a cloth belt.

"Since the sky can be deceived, what else can't be done in this world?" Xiao Chuo laughed: "By the way, Mr. Luo, I have something to tell you, Zhao Jing is dead!"

The sound of Luo Song exhaling easily could be heard in his ears.

"Finally, I still have a little bit of ambition! I won't make Taizu Taizong even more embarrassed."

"But he didn't commit suicide, he was stabbed to death by that Zhao Yuan!" Xiao Chuo sat opposite Luo Song, shook his head and said: "The queen is quite fierce, and she heard that I wanted to make Zhao Jing the King of Song Dynasty.

, so he hanged himself. Then Zhao Yuan also drank poisonous wine and killed himself."

Luo Song was stunned, and then said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter if someone killed him or committed suicide. In short, as long as he is dead, it will be fine."

"Zhao Jing had no use for the bottle of poison that Luo Yi returned, and Zhao Yuan used it in the end!" Xiao Chuo said with a smile: "In this icy and snowy place, the drop of water turns into ice in the Five Kingdoms City. You are not willing to let Luo Yi make this trip.

, I know that Mr. Luo’s health is not very good!”

"It doesn't matter even if you die!" Luo Song said with a cold face.

"Okay, okay, Luo Gong, I won't let Luo Yi die. I have asked Sun Chun to bring him back and let him suffer at the same time." Xiao Chuo said: "Actually, why bother? Zhao

If Jing dies, then he dies. It’s not like we don’t have other cards, no, Sun Chun has brought the old emperor back. Zhao Jing is gone, Zhao Suo is here!"

"It's different!" Luo Song said. "You know the difference here, and I know it too! Moreover, the Supreme Emperor is in poor health and is about to die. I don't know whether he can survive this winter."

"So, in Five Kingdoms City, I have always arranged for the best doctors to take care of him there." Xiao Chuo said with a smile: "Originally, I just didn't want him to die so soon, I had to keep him alive.

Slowly savoring the feeling of subjugating the country and destroying the family is unimaginable, but it happened unexpectedly, and it actually came in handy. Luo Gong, both father and son have the same virtues. Zhao Jing was very happy when he heard that he could go back and become the king of Song Dynasty.

As for Zhao Suo, after hearing about this incident, he didn't feel sad at all for his son's death. Instead, he was overjoyed and now he is happily following Sun Chun back!"

Luo Song had a gloomy face and remained silent.

"As long as Zhao Suo returns to Tokyo City and sits as the King of Song, it doesn't matter even if he dies as the King of Song for just one day. After Zhao Jingren dies, how many direct sons do he still have? The eldest one is already sixteen years old. Zhao Suo

After he dies, he can justifiably pass it on to his grandson!" Xiao Chuo said.

"Sister-in-law, can I see him?" Luo Song said suddenly.

Looking at Luo Song, Xiao Chuo burst out laughing: "Mr. Luo, when you don't ask me for help, you call me empress dowager with a straight face. You don't even acknowledge that I am the third wife of the Xiao family. You only want me to I promise you something before you call me Sanniangzi. Anyway, it doesn’t matter if I let you see him just for the sake of saying Sanniangzi. Is it possible that you can still scold him to death? As the saying goes, people have face. , Trees have bark, people have no face, everything is shameful. Luo Gong, the most humble is invincible, Zhao Suo, you have reached this state!"

Luo Song's eyes were red, and he shook his head and said: "Why are you scolding him? He and I are just laughing at fifty steps and laughing at a hundred steps. The Song Dynasty was destroyed, no, no, the Song Dynasty was not destroyed. The Song Dynasty fell to where it is today. , he has a responsibility, how can we laugh at our responsibility? He wants to go back and be an emperor and look up to you. Now, I am not helping the evildoers!"

Xiao Chuo chuckled: "Luo Gong, please don't coax me. Xiao Chuo is not Xiao Ai. I know what you want to do! But, I don't care. Now, I need strength, and what you are doing now Because, although it has laid a lot of hidden dangers for the future, what do I care about it? I just need to use the power at my disposal to be the strongest in the next few years."

"Do you really want to defeat your second brother?"

"Of course!" Xiao Chuo said with a smile: "My second brother has been the one I obeyed the most since I was a child. If I could defeat him in an honest and fair manner, what a happy thing it would be!"

"Why don't you spare your life?" Luo Song pressed.

Xiao Chuo flattened his mouth and said, "Gong Luo, are you talking as if if I don't do this, the world will be peaceful and it will become a paradise? In the past dozens or hundreds of years, which year has not seen a war? When do living beings stop fighting? Are you tired? On the contrary, if I do this now, maybe I can achieve peace in the world in a short time!"

"fallacy!"

"Why is this a fallacy?" Xiao Chuo retorted: "It has been almost fifteen years since my second brother started to move my eldest brother to the northwest, right? The second brother's three-pronged attack on Liao Dynasty was planned in the northwest. One way, Hebei is one way, and then there is another way on the Goryeo Sea."

Luo Song opened his mouth slightly. This was the first time he heard about these things.

"My second brother said that within twenty years at most, he would be able to become the chief minister of the Song Dynasty, and then he would be able to conquer the Liao Kingdom and unify the world." Xiao Chuo said, "At that time, he often discussed this with me. As for me, I would Find loopholes for him. Fifteen years later, he has indeed become the first assistant of the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty is not the Song Dynasty in the past, and his enemy is not the person he expected."

Staring at Luo Song, Xiao Chuo said: "Second brother's current strategy is not much different from the past. So, I will naturally have some targeted arrangements."

"If you didn't know this, wouldn't Xiao Erlang's success be more likely?"

"That's not how it is calculated!" Xiao Chuo said calmly: "Da Liao is now very powerful, and I also know what my second brother is capable of. If the two sides confront each other for a long time, there will really be no peace. I don't know when it will be possible. What about the winner? I can’t guarantee it, and I can’t wait for dozens or hundreds of years of fighting.”

Looking at Luo Song's somewhat shocked look, Xiao Chuo said: "So I am desperately trying to gather my strength and strive to start the southern expedition as soon as possible to meet my second brother. Just like this, within three to five years , we will decide the winner, either I win or my second brother wins. In short, no matter who wins, the world will finally be peaceful, don’t you think?"

"So that's what you think?" Luo Song stuttered a little.

"Otherwise?" Xiao Chuo smiled and said: "So why should I accept all the poisonous political reforms you helped me carry out in the past few years? It's because they can accumulate more power in the shortest time.

What a power! If I win and Daliao unifies the world, then I can slowly change it back. It’s just the difference between fishing in a dry lake and long-term peace and stability. What’s the difficulty? If I lose, second brother,

If you win, then these things don't matter anymore, don't you think? Is it better to make the people suffer for dozens or hundreds of years, or to make a big bet every three to five years to benefit the people more? Bet all your wealth, just like

It’s the same as gambling on Pai Gow. Once the cards are turned over and the eyes are opened, it’s over! At that time, either the Zhao family or the Yelu family will finish playing. Anyway, no matter who finishes playing, the common people can go home and live their own lives.

The small days are gone!”

"You madman!" Luo Song's body trembled slightly.

"Luo Gong, do you regret helping me these past few years? How much credit do you owe to the prosperity of Daliao now? Although you are puffy and fat, it is enough for me to realize my strategy! If I win in the end

Second brother, you must be regarded as the hero of Daliao's unification of the world!" Xiao Chuo giggled. "Luo Gong, it's too late for you to regret now. The political reform has been basically completed, and this carriage is already in the existing rut.

He started running forward wildly."

Luo Song stood up, his body swaying a little, walked a few steps, opened his mouth, spit out a large mouthful of blood, and immediately stained the expensive carpet under his feet.

"Come here, please ask the imperial doctor to come over!" Xiao Chuo frowned slightly and looked at Luo Song who was being supported by the palace maid. He thought that he shouldn't be so irritating to the old man. It would be really bad if something happened.

But who allows this old man to always put such a face in front of him?

Huh, you think you have a plan, you think you have laid the foundation for the Liao Dynasty. As time goes by, trouble will definitely break out. You guys always use ten years or decades to plot things. I, Xiao Chuo, am just a little girl.

, if you want something, just do it for three to five years.

"Empress Dowager, Mr. Luo, it's okay. It's just a fire that attacks the heart. Rest for a while, and you will be able to recover after a good life!" The imperial doctor was busy for a while while diagnosing pulses and prescribing prescriptions.

"Mr. Luo, you are so old, why are you still so excited?" Xiao Chuo said: "Next, you just have to rest at home and watch the ups and downs and storms of the world. It is not a bad thing. And

Ah, you are also personally involved in it, so you will have a greater sense of accomplishment!"

Luo Song was inexplicably sad and angry. He thought he had caused a lot of trouble for the Liao people and gave his opponent poisonous honey. Unexpectedly, it was exactly what his opponent needed.

After regaining consciousness, he refused Xiao Chuo to send someone to escort him, and staggered out.

His use value is gone, and he will inevitably be placed under house arrest. If the Song Dynasty really loses, he will be the sinner.

The set of political reforms that I designed and checked for Xiao Chuo indeed squeezed out the maximum capacity in the shortest possible time.

He originally thought that as time went by, civil strife would inevitably arise in the Liao Kingdom, but he really didn't expect that what Xiao Chuo wanted was an imminent showdown with Xiao Erlang.

No matter how you look at it, the Liao Kingdom should not do this, because they are the most powerful country in the world. They should have the confidence and patience to kill the Song Dynasty, which only has half of the country left. As long as they adopt such a strategy, over time, it will be like adding fuel to the fire.

The oily Liao Kingdom was bound to have big problems inside, and that was the opportunity for the Song Dynasty.

But when she met Xiao Chuo, a lunatic, she was willing to risk everything at all costs.

With the current strength of the Liao Kingdom, risking everything regardless of the consequences would be a breakup.

Either all win or all lose!

Is this what a mature politician should do?

Over the years, Xiao Chuo has impressed everyone as an extremely experienced expert in governing the country and a powerful and far-sighted person.

Yelu Hongzhen is already very old.

But although he has left the center of power, his influence is still unparalleled.

"Queen Mother, Yelu Longxu's doubts are not unreasonable!" Lying on the bed, huddled in a pile of furs, the former number one man in the Liao army was so thin that only a handful of bones were left.

But Xiao Chuo did not look down upon him in the slightest. Such a person, even if he still had a breath, could make waves. "He analyzed it carefully for me. There are many shortcomings in your new policies!"

Xiao Chuo nodded: "What he said is not wrong at all. It does have many disadvantages. The longer it goes, the bigger the problem will be!"

"Since the Queen Mother knows it well, why does she insist on going her own way?"

"Da Yue, if I say it's because I don't have the confidence to confront the Song Dynasty for a long time, do you believe me?" Xiao Chuo said calmly.

Yeluhong was slightly stunned and looked up at Xiao Chuo: "How do you say that?"

"Everyone thinks that time is on our side." Xiao Chuo said: "But I don't think so. No one can understand my second brother better than me. As time goes by, we can only lose. So, I

We must dry up the lake to fish, accumulate the most powerful force in a short period of time, and use the power of Mount Tai to destroy Jiangning and New Song Dynasties. As long as this goal is achieved, then all problems will not be problems and can be corrected with ease.

.”

"So that's what you think?" Yeluhong suddenly asked, "Is Xiao Erlang really so powerful that he scares you like a tiger?"

"Da Yue, I was taught by my second brother personally!" Xiao Chuo said: "And it's not the kind of careful teaching, it's just done casually, and you should know everything about his information over the years.

. He is really the kind of person who can extract oil from stones. Think about Guizhou Road, Yunnan Road and Liang-Guang Road, and then look at their current development in the sea, and then think about his layout in the northwest. I am afraid that it will be too late to start.

, it’s no match for you at all.”

Yelu Hongzhen took a deep breath: "Since it is the Queen Mother who is in charge of the government, it is naturally you who have the final say. Sometimes, there is an element of gambling in national disputes. Everyone can tell their own truth.

Come, but in the end the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy."

"Thank you for your support, Dayue!" Xiao Chuo said with a smile. "Many people have misunderstood me, but Dayue seems to have always trusted me. If it weren't for you, I don't think a top person like Yelu Longxu would be like this.

Submit yourself to me quickly."

"Lin Ping is actually also a top talent!" Yelu Hongzhen rolled his eyes.

"If Lin Ping doesn't die, I will have a stronghold in my heart!" Xiao Chuo smiled: "In the end, only one of him and I will be left."
Chapter completed!